Atwood Peter Collins, known as Porter Collins (born June 27, 1975 in

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), is an American rower. He finished 5th in the men's eight at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

and the

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. He is also a three time world Champion in 1995, 1998 and 1999. Collins worked as an analyst for the

Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in 42 countries and more than 80,000 employees, the firm's clients in ...

-owned hedge fund

FrontPoint Partners FrontPoint Partners was a hedge fund that became well known for its bet against subprime mortgages during the 2008 financial crisis under Steve Eisman. It was based in Greenwich, Connecticut, with other offices in New York and London. FrontPoin ...

during the

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in the 2000s. FrontPoint, along with Collins and his colleagues including Steve Eisman, were the subject of Michael Lewis's book ''

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'' due to the fund having correctly predicted the market crash in 2008. He was portrayed by

Hamish Linklater Hamish Linklater (born July 7, 1976) is an American actor and playwright. He is known for playing Matthew Kimble in '' The New Adventures of Old Christine'' (2006–2010), Andrew Keanelly in '' The Crazy Ones'' (2013–2014), and Clark Debussy i ...

in the film ''

'', which was based on Lewis's book. After leaving FrontPoint, Collins co-founded Seawolf Capital, a hedge fund, with Vincent Daniel, his former FrontPoint colleague. He also managed a portfolio for

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until 2019.

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* 1975 births Living people Rowers from New York City Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for the United States American male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-rowing-bio-stub